Clasp



WILLIAM G. WEBER, or EIDGEEIELD PARK. NEW JERSEY; nssrenon To -xoPsEnosf OENEW YOEK,N.Y.,AEIRM. f f. .i

CLASP.

'Application lled.. September 15 1921. .SerialNof 500,384.v I

To all whom t mag/concerti; A' Be itrknown thatI7 .WILLIAM Gr.. WEBER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ridgefield Park, inthe county ofy Bergen and State Vof NewV Jersey, have invented an Improvement inClasps, of. which the following is ay specification.

My present invention relatesto clasps and more particularly to that typeof claspnemployed in corsetrlgarments to connect the the garmentis in position onf the body 4of theV wearer7 althoughas Willloe` understood the invention is not limited to this particular use. I-Ieretofore, in clasps of the type to which my invention relates, particularly when applied to corset garments the same have been so constructed as to permit-a rel.- ative movement of one of the corset steels to the other Vtending to throwthe outer or forward edge of one of the corset steels toward the body of the wearer to such an extent in some cases as to make the. garment uncomfortable. This, as will be readily apparent, is due to the fact that the stud member of the clasp has a shank sufficiently long to permit of considerable lateral play or movement inthe hookor socketmember when the parts are connected. This results in the relative movement between the corset steels when the garment. is on the body in which the steel to which the stud members of the clasps are attached is shifted to the position in which its outer edge or the edge adjacent the steel to which the socket memybers are attached is moved inwardly whiley of course the opposite edge ofthe steelv is moved outwardly. This causes-the planes of the steel to assume an angular position and the edge ofthe steel to which the studs,

are .attached to extend inwardly. or toward the body to such an extent as hereinbefore as in, -many cases `to be uncomfortable and inall instances to be undesirable. ject of my invention is to overcome this diiiiculty and in doing Vso I provide the usual form of stud and socket or hook member connected tothe corset steels in thev v garmentin positionon the body.l

Afront. portion Specification of Letters Patent. j l Patented 4,

bosses or.. projections which 4obviously mainn .rant-nemen;

- site sidesVV thereof are in contactl these I tains the corset steels insubstantially the I same plane irrespective ,O f the tension which may be yapplied. to the ,clasps in In :the drawing;l

Fig. 1 is an elevation Y Y Fig. 2 isY an enlarged'crossA sectionoilirie 22,F1g.1,and... e L 1'1" lll-lg. islan enlarged cross section on line :Referring `partlcularlyto the dra.wi ngv, I

the invention oneof the corset steels is .indicated at 1Q and the other at 11. The corset steel 11 1s provided .with a plurality of j of avcorset fitted with my imv H Y proved clasps. Y v Vfront steels :thereof toA one another when Vhave Y illustrated myfimproved lclasp as apphed to a corset garment. vIn this form of spaced studs -12 each comprising a shank13 v having a flange 14 and an up set end15 while at theveotheror outer end the stud 1s provided with ahead indicated at 16. The other corset steel 10 is provided with a corresponding number of hook'. or socket i. i

which it is connected to the corset steel',

As is customary each of the socket members Y Vis slotted at 19 in such amanner as to re-v ceive the corresponding stud member. Preferably the upper portion of the slot or'v that adjacent the steel is sufficiently large to receive the head ofthejstud .which is caused e to pass through the' samefwhile the outerV or base of "theslot asl indicated at 20 is` 1, l

adapted to receive lthefshank of the stud.. As illustrated each of these socket members is provided with oppositelydisposed projections indicated at 21 and r22 placed inthe 'l material in positions at or adjacent the edge i defining the slot therein and approximately midway between the innerl and outerends of theV slot orV in positions as to .engage with the underside or surface of the fhead of the stud Vwhen the shank thereof lis inV I Y position in the base ofthe'slot.

The fabric body of the garment nected to the steels inthe usual ,mannen on the opposite Sid@ 9,1 in the other corset 'is con- .On one side thisfabric body is indicated f .Y Vat 23 and is connected to the steel 11, while i Y Y body half the fabric Abody of the garment 2Q: is suitablvvconnected to the lsteel 1 0.

As will 'now be understoodwhen the Aparts are in position and as is clearly indicated in Figs. 2and 3 of the drawing, the shanly of Yeach stud engages the base of a s lot in the-corresponding, socket member, whilekthe projections 2l`and 22 engage the under surface of ra head of the corresponding stud so that because of this engagement and the -i'aot that theout'er endof the 'socketorhool member'is caused toflieaga'inst ythe material Covering lthe steel in which' thcfstud' is mounted prevents the" stud steel 'from shifting relatively -to thefsoeketsteellcausing vthe steels to assume and' to bemaintained in s'ubstantiallv the same plane *and thusprel` venting the'outer 'edge fof thestud steell from projecting f inwardly and exerting 5 lundue pressure along the line thereooi"'thev body of the wearer;

I claim as my invention: Y f

, l.lA- ola'sp' comprising v' a" studl havingy a head, and a. socket member havinga slot therein Withf ribs on`- 5 bothlr sidesfy .of the slot internrlediate'-ol the ends Lthereoiia-nd having 'slot therein with depressions in the innery surface of the socket'member forming ribs on the'outer surface thereof onzbothsides of the slot intermediate of the ends'thereof,

the lsurfacef'of"each vrib being continuouslyy rounded and slopin to the edges ofthe slot and also into'the bo y of the socket member.

3. A clasp comprisingva'stud member having ahead, and a socket member "having va slot therein with depressions on the upperl surface of the socket member providing ribs@` on the' outer 'surface L thereof on" both sides `oi the slot ntermediate'of itsends, each-rib having a substantially quartispherical"surf face `Lvvhere'by" When the stud' is: imposition" in' the 'socket member 'afportiorr oithehead`2r each rib."

of the stud 'extends beyond the ftop edge lof Signed' by me`l this13th" day fof September,

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y WILLIAM e.- WEBER;- 

